IRAN: The People Take Over

The violent, hot land of Iran last week headed
uncontrollably over the crumbling edge of the abyss, and then, during
three wild days, pulled itself back to safety.

When the week began, Mohammed Mossadegh seemed safely on top. The Shah
was in flight; the fanatic mullahs' and the stubborn Majlis' opposition
was hidden or cowed; the army was a sullen eunuch; the world resigned.
Who was there to say him no?

His street supporters celebrated with a carnival of destruction.
Communist and Nationalist mobs swarmed deliriously over Teheran's
principal squares, pulling down the...